Wolves.

What is he talking about? What's going to happen to Aaron?

Lynn wanted to rush up to them and squeeze out answers, but she knew Simon was likely not to spill. Their voices weren't so loud so she moved quietly and stayed close to the window.

"You said you would do something about this and told us not to worry. I trusted you to handle this but now I'm about to lose both my mom and brother."

"He won't listen to anything I say right now. Give me a little more time and..."

"...ime is what we don't have!" Adam cut him off "if anything happens to Aaron and my mom, I... Damn it!"

"Where are you going?"

"To Aaron, I can't let him be there alone. I only came today to find you but there was no point in that."

"Wait, Adam. That's dangerous. Don't- ah."

Lynn heard Simon let out a sigh as she couldn't hear Adam anymore. He had left. She didn't know what was going on anymore, but she wasn't just going to stand around when she just heard her friends were in danger.

She stopped hiding and jumped out the window to land next to Simon. He didn't seem surprised to see her.

"Did you know I was listening?" She asked and his weak shrug gave her an answer.

Lynn straightened and exhaled "I don't understand what's going on but I need you to be straight with me. Can you fix this?"

Simon paused for a while and looked away before muttering "No."

"Is there something I can do to help?"

"Forget it. I don't want to get you involved in this any further" he replied as he turned to walk away.

"So you're saying there is something I can do? Then let me help!" Lynn said as she ran to his front with her hands spread out.

"It's too dangerous Lynn."

"Then are you just going to watch something happen to Aaron and Adam? You just said it yourself that you can't fix this. So you should try to make use of everything you can at the moment."

"You're right. I should make use of all the help I can get?"

"Then-"

"-but it can be any help but yours. This all started with you anyway."

"What do you mean this all started with..."

Her eyes suddenly rolled up her head and her body slumped as Simon moved just in time to grab her. Her vision blurred out and she couldn't get herself for a moment.

"Lynn! Are you okay?! Lynn? Lynn!" Simon panicked as he carefully rested her head on his chest. "Lynn, can you hear me?"

She sat up and gave her head a little shake as her sight cleared up. "Yeah. Yeah I'm okay"

"You sure?" He asked worriedly.

"Yeah. I'm totally fine. Stop overreacting" Lynn said as she got up.

"Overreacting? I just saw your eyes roll up your head!" He touched her forehead and drew back immediately with widened eyes "You're hot!"

"What?" She felt her forehead and frowned. It felt normal to her.

"Let's go to the infirmary,"

"I don't want to."

"You have no choice. You don't expect me to leave you walking around with you boiling up."

"Like I said I'm totally fine!"

"I'm not falling for that" Simon said looking hell-bent on getting her to the infirmary.

"Ugh!" Lynn rolled her eyes as she threw her hands up. Simon has always been like this for as long as she could remember, he takes up every small issue and overreacts.

"I came in to see why you weren't coming back but I guess you're okay seeing how you're trying to tear down the school with your bickering." They both turned to see Noel staring at them.

"Thank goodness you're here Noel. Please tell Simon that I'm perfectly fine and that I don't have a fever" Lynn said and walked closer to the window.

"A fever?" Noel brought down her hand to Lynn's head and she looked back at Simon. "She seems fine to me."

"Seriously?" Simon moved closer and felt her forehead once again, his brows furrowed and he pulled away confusedly "it's really gone."

"Because it was never there in the first place."

"Thought you weren't in school today?" Noel pointed at Simon.

"I'm not. I'm just passing by."

"You do realize you have a test today right?"

"I also do realize 'Battle of the gods 4" will be out today and I do not want to miss it," he said looking dead serious as Noel stared at him in disbelief. But Lynn knew he was only putting up his other Simon.

"Miss Taylor's been asking all over for you. Perhaps I should let her on to what you just said." Noel turned and Simon called

"Twenty bucks!"

"Hundred."

"Deal."

Noel walked back inside as her lips had been sealed and Lynn was left speechless. She looked back at Simon who sighed and spoke in a soft voice.

"Look, Lynn. If there's anything you can do for me right now it's to be safe. I have to leave now, I'll try to figure something out okay?"

He turned to leave and Lynn dragged him back and said softly.

"I know you, Simon. When you don't have a plan you don't. I won't ask you to let me help but if you guys don't make it out of this, I'll make you regret it."

She glared and Simon froze for a moment as Lynn let go of him and walked away. Simon knew Lynn is human, but there were times when Lynn spoke to him and it felt like White was the one speaking. Now that she's spoken, he knew he had to come up with a plan.

*****

Lynn could barely concentrate on the history test. She was regretting letting Simon leave as she thought she should have been more persistent. A sigh escaped her lips as she decided to trust Simon, she knew a lot of things about him and one of them is not saying things he didn't mean. He said he would figure out something, so she would wait.

Suddenly, a shock hit her head and she winced, the words on her paper doubled and her head began to spin. Her eyes fell shut as she gave her head a little shake, perhaps she should have listened to Simon and have gone to the infirmary. She slowly opened her eyes as the pain died down, with her sight also cleared up, she decided to leave for the infirmary after the test. She raised her pen to start writing,

then out of nowhere, something flashed in her head.

Her body froze up and her pen fell off her hand as her fingertips trembled, the sudden chill that rushed in through the window made her the hair on her skin stand.

What was that?

Lynn felt a tap on her arm and she flinched, she turned to her left to see Noel staring at her with a worried.

"Hey. Are you okay?" She whispered

"Huh?" Lynn was taken aback by the question as Noel looked back to check on Mr. Frost who was busy staring at Kylee's sheet at the back roll.

"You look pale. You sure you're okay?" Noel asked and Lynn shook her head and whispered back.

"It's just a little headache. I'll get some rest after this."

"Don't push it okay?"

"Hm, thanks" They looked away as Mr. frost turned his gaze to the front.

Lynn couldn't tell if she was coming down with a cold or if it was something else. The picture that flashed through her mind came back to her, she blinked away as she he didn't want it to bug her as she felt she was just being paranoid. But something about it didn't sit right with her. She started to fill in her answers when she saw something move in the hallway, she looked up to see Simon waving his hand furiously. When he realized he'd caught her attention, he mouthed immediately.

'Help me. You have to come with me. Like right now!'

'Right now?' Lynn mouthed back and he nodded. He looked desperate. She looked down at her paper and frowned as she still had a lot to answer.

"Ugh, whatever." she mumbled and started scribbling answers down. She could feel Noel's widened eyes on her as if to tell her she was doing the wrong thing but she ignored her and got up immediately to drop her paper on Mr frost's table. She ignored the surprised look he gave her.

"You still have some time left to check over it," he said looking at his watch.

"I'm fine. Restroom break?" Lynn asked as he gave her a suspicious look.

"Alright. Go ahead."

She rushed out before he could change his mind and went up to Simon

"What's going on?" She whispered as she got closer to him.

"You were right, I couldn't come up with a plan. You're our last hope" Simon rushed as he got on one knee in front of her with his back facing her. "Hop on."

She hopped on his back as he got up, her weight didn't seem to have any impact on him.

"I'll explain on the way," He said, and swoosh, they were out.

Lynn could barely keep her eyes open as the immeasurably strong wind blew at her, she felt Simon come to a stop and she raised her head. It's only been a minute. She opened her eyes to see them now standing on an open field with tall trees that surrounded them, it didn't look like a place she recognized.

"We're here." Simon said and she looked around

"Where?" Lynn asked and Simon looked at her as she gave him a questioning look. "You never did get to explain on the way."

"...right" Simon looked away and Lynn heard voices. At the other end of the cleared up field were people gathered. It almost looked like a party but the look on their faces was not inviting, it seemed like a quarrel. She blinked as her eyes adjusted and she could make out some familiar faces, the bakery store man across the street, her neighbors, the Smiths. She recognized some of the others from school. Jason, Alisha, Todd, and three others from the upper grade. Even the school janitor. Some didn't even look American.

"What's going on? Why are these people here?" Lynn asked and she finally sighted Adam and Aaron. She was about to move forward when Simon stopped her.

"Everyone of them you're seeing right now are wolves."

She paused for a minute and finally said "Excuse me?!"

She stepped back as she took another look at them. She couldn't count them but she could tell they were over five hundred, she recalled the way she had seen the ginger-haired girl turn into a wolf and her heartbeat quickened as it dawned on her, she had five hundred people who could become dogs any moment from now in front of her. She didn't like the thought of that.

"Hey" Simon stepped in front of her as he noticed her uneven breathing. "You okay? We can go back if you feel uncomfortable."

"No. It's okay" she replied as she took a deep breath to get herself together. He came to her for help and help is what she would give. "So, what do I do to help?"

He breathed out and said "You wait here."

"That's it?" She let out in disbelief "I don't have to stall someone? Or get the police? Or fight one of them?- though there is a chance I might lose that one but still...that's it?!"

"You'll understand after this is over" Simon replied as they both watched some new people join in. The three of them also didn't look American, and for some reason, the man in front looked like he was about to stir up trouble. She saw him speak but she couldn't hear a thing, they were too far away. The breeze did raise some words to her but it still made no sense.

Meanwhile, Simon could pick out every word they said.

"I finally get a break from work and this is how I spend it. Can you American wolves go a day without poking your noses where it doesn't belong?"

"And can you like freaking shut your mouth up and be quiet Gustavo?" A girl shot at him with a look of disdain.

"I'll say what I want to and decide when not to- Abby!" he shot back as the malice picked up in the air.

"Why are we here anyway?" Gustavo threw his hands in the air as he looked around for answers.

"You didn't hear?"

"Not much. I just heard someone who couldn't keep still went and stirred up trouble but I don't see why we all should be called in for that... Is it that serious?" He asked curiously as their faces went grim, then one of them finally replied

"Dean messed with the Prince's mate."

Gustavo went quiet for a moment as he seemed to think something through.

"I only know of one prince. Please tell me I have him confused with someone else?" He said hopefully but the silence that followed made his eyes widen. "You're kidding, right?... The prince has a mate?!"

"That's what you're concerned about?" Someone else said "We all know why we're here, we also know we're not leaving here alive."

"That's crazy. Are we just gonna let ourselves get killed?"

"Got anything else in mind? If it doesn't end with getting away from the prince in one piece count me out."

"I don't have a golden plan like that in mind," Gustavo frowned and turned to look back at Abby and the others behind her. He knew Abby was the next alpha to take charge of Dean's pack. Since he wasn't getting out alive, he might as well do whatever he wants.

Gustavo smirked at Abby and said "I did have a score to settle with you."

With that, he arched down immediately as his clothes tore off and his gray wolf took over, Abby changed just in time for defense as the others behind her weren't letting her go in alone. Gustavo's people weren't also backing down, with half of them in their wolf form, they growled ferociously, their backs arched as they looked ready to attack.

"That's enough."

Simon stepped into their midst and Lynn looked to her side and wondered when he'd left, she had watched everything that happened but something else baffled her. They had looked ready to pounce a minute ago, but as soon as Simon got there, they stepped away and the air around them cooled off. Lynn wondered how he was able to do that. Her gaze turned back to the wolves and her heart rate picked up again, now that she stood alone, she didn't like it. She flinched and spun back as she thought she heard something move between the trees but there was nothing in sight.

"Seeing as you're here I guess we really are toast." A man said to Simon who understood what he meant.

"Don't worry, I'm here to help." he said and a light lit up in their hearts.

"Did you speak to him? Is he going to forgive us?" Adam asked as he stepped forward with Aaron and their mom behind.

"He won't listen to anything I say at this moment" Simon replied and turned to look at Lynn. "But he'll listen to her"

They all turned towards the direction of his gaze to see the beautiful black haired human who turned in their direction and looked the most confused among them.